Australian films of 2010
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2010
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| Animal Kingdom Animal Kingdom (film) Animal Kingdom is a 2010 Australian crime drama written and directed by David Michôd, and starring Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Guy Pearce, Luke Ford, Sullivan Stapleton, Jacki Weaver and James Frecheville... |
David Michôd David Michôd David Michôd is an Australian filmmaker, director of the highly acclaimed Animal Kingdom in 2010.-Education and early career:Michôd was educated at Sydney Grammar School before moving to Melbourne to study arts at the University of Melbourne. After working for the Victorian Department of Education... |
Ben Mendelsohn Ben Mendelsohn Paul Benjamin "Ben" Mendelsohn is an Australian actor.-Early life:Mendelsohn was born in Melbourne, Australia, the son of Carole Ann and Frederick Mendelsohn. He attended Heidelberg Primary School and Banyule High School. His father is a prominent medical researcher who heads the Howard Florey... , Joel Edgerton Joel Edgerton Joel Edgerton is an Australian film and television actor.-Early life:Edgerton was born in Blacktown, Sydney, to a homemaker mother and a solicitor/property developer father, Michael. His brother, Nash Edgerton, is a stuntman and filmmaker... , Guy Pearce Guy Pearce Guy Edward Pearce is an English-born Australian actor and musician, known for his roles as Leonard Shelby in Christopher Nolan's Memento, Lieutenant Ed Exley in L.A... |
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| Beneath Hill 60 Beneath Hill 60 Beneath Hill 60 is a 2010 Australian war film directed by Jeremy Sims and written by David Roach.Set during World War I, the film tells the story of the 1st Australian Tunnelling Company’s effort to mine beneath a German bunker and detonate an explosive charge to aid the advance of British troops... |
Jeremy Sims Jeremy Sims -Personal life:He was educated at Wesley College, Perth, 1977–83. Sims was married to film director Samantha Lang. They have two daughters, Frederique and Evelyn Rose.-Career:... |
Brendan Cowell Brendan Cowell Brendan Cowell is an Australian actor, screenwriter and director. Cowell was born in Sydney. He stumbled upon acting by accident while waiting for his sister to come out of a rehearsal; he was then cast in a commercial at age 8... |
Drama Drama film A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women... |
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| Blame Blame (film) Blame is a 2011 low budget Australian dramatic thriller film which stars Damian de Montemas, Sophie Lowe, Kestie Morassi, Ashley Zukerman and Simon Stone as well as a cast of newcomers... |
Michael Henry | Kestie Morassi Kestie Morassi Kestie Morassi is an Australian actress born in Adelaide, South Australia, where she lived until she was 13 years old. She studied at the National Theatre, Melbourne Drama School, graduating in 1994, and another five years at Drama with a Difference.... , Sophie Lowe Sophie Lowe Sophie Lowe is an actress who was born in England and migrated to Australia.-Life and career:Lowe was born in Halifax, Yorkshire, England and moved to Australia with her family in 2000. In her early teens she signed to Chadwick Models but quit modelling in favor of dancing. Lowe attended the... , Simon Stone Simon Stone Simon Stone is an Australian theatre director, writer and actor.-Film and Television:Stone has acted in the television series John Safran's Music Jamboree, MDA , Blue Heelers, Rush , City Homicide, and the films Jindabyne, Kokoda, Balibo, Blame, and The Eye of the Storm.-Theatre:In 2007 Stone... , Mark Winter Mark Winter Mark Winter is an editorial cartoonist from New Zealand who works under the pen-name Chicane.His cartoons have been published in The Southland Times newspaper for more than 25 years, and are now published nationally via the stuff.co.nz website... , Damian de Montemas Damian De Montemas Damian De Montemas is an Australian actor who plays Brian Alexander on Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities and Jason Kennedy in the first two series of The Secret Life Of Us.... , Ashley Zukerman Ashley Zukerman Ashley Zukerman is an actor best known for his role as Senior Constable Michael Sandrelli in Rush, an Australian TV series in which he was nominated for the Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding New Talent in 2009. He was born in Santa Monica, California and moved to Melbourne with his family... |
Drama Drama film A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women... |
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| Bran Nue Dae Bran Nue Dae (film) Bran Nue Dae is a feature film adaptation of 1990 musical Bran Nue Dae by Jimmy Chi. It was theatrically released in Australia on 14 January 2010, and in the United States on 10 September 2010.-Plot:... |
Rachel Perkins Rachel Perkins Rachel Perkins is a film and television director, film and television producer and a writer. She is known for her films Bran Nue Dae, Radiance and One Night the Moon. Perkins is an Arrernte woman from Central Australia, who was raised in Canberra by parents Eileen and Charles Perkins... |
Rocky McKenzie Rocky McKenzie Rocky McKenzie is an Aborginal/Australian film actor from Broome, Western Australia. He played Willie in the film version of Bran Nue Dae. In 2010 he won a Deadly for Male Actor of the Year.-External links:... , Jessica Mauboy Jessica Mauboy Jessica Hilda Mauboy , is an Indigenous Australian R&B singer-songwriter and actress. In 2006, Mauboy was the runner-up on the fourth season of Australian Idol, she had auditioned for the talent show in Alice Springs to pursue a recording career... , Ernie Dingo Ernie Dingo Ernie Dingo AM is an Indigenous Australian actor and television presenter originating from the Yamatji people of the Murchison region of Western Australia.-Background:... , Missy Higgins Missy Higgins Melissa "Missy" Morrison Higgins is an Australian pop singer-songwriter, musician and actor. Her No. 1 albums in Australia are The Sound of White and On a Clear Night , and her Top Ten singles are "Scar", "The Special Two", "Steer" and "Where I Stood". From a musical family in... , Geoffrey Rush Geoffrey Rush Geoffrey Roy Rush is an Australian actor and film producer. He is one of the few people who has won the "Triple Crown of Acting": an Academy Award, a Tony Award and an Emmy Award. He has won one Academy Award for acting , three British Academy Film Awards , two Golden Globe Awards and four Screen... , |
Comedy Comedy Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in... , Musical Musical film The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate... |
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| The Clinic The Clinic (2010 film) The Clinic is a 2010 thriller film written and directed by James Rabbitts and was shot in Deniliquin, NSW, Australia. It is loosely inspired by true stories of infant abduction... |
James Rabbitts | Tabrett Bethell Tabrett Bethell Tabrett Bethell is an Australian film, television and theater actress, best known for portraying the character Cara in the television series Legend of the Seeker... , Andy Whitfield Andy Whitfield Andy Whitfield was a Welsh actor and model. He was best known for his leading role in the Starz television series Spartacus: Blood and Sand during 2010, a year before his death at the age of 39.-Career:... |
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| I Love You Too I Love You Too (2010 film) I Love You Too is a 2010 Australian romantic comedy film, and the directorial film debut of Daina Reid. The screenplay was written by first-time writer Peter Helliar. It stars Brendan Cowell, Peter Dinklage, Yvonne Strahovski, Peter Helliar and Megan Gale, and was produced by Princess Pictures on a... |
Daina Reid | Brendan Cowell Brendan Cowell Brendan Cowell is an Australian actor, screenwriter and director. Cowell was born in Sydney. He stumbled upon acting by accident while waiting for his sister to come out of a rehearsal; he was then cast in a commercial at age 8... , Peter Dinklage Peter Dinklage Peter Dinklage is an American film, television and theater actor. Since his breakout role in the 2003 film The Station Agent, he has acted in Elf, Underdog, Find Me Guilty, the 2007 film Death at a Funeral and its 2010 remake, and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian... , Yvonne Strahovski Yvonne Strahovski Yvonne Strahovski is an Australian actress. Born in Australia to Polish immigrant parents, Strahovski speaks Polish and English... , Peter Helliar Peter Helliar Peter Jason Matthew Helliar is an Australian comedian, actor and writer. Most famous for his work on television as Rove McManus' sidekick on The Loft Live from 1997 to 1998 and on Rove from 1999 and 2009... , Megan Gale Megan Gale Megan Kate Gale is an Australian model and actress.- Career :Born in Perth, Western Australia, Megan Gale's father is English and mother is part Maori and is the youngest of three children with two older brothers.-Modeling:... |
Romantic comedy Romantic comedy film Romantic comedy films are films with light-hearted, humorous plotlines, centered on romantic ideals such as that true love is able to surmount most obstacles. One dictionary definition is "a funny movie, play, or television program about a love story that ends happily"... |
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| Joffa: The Movie Joffa: The Movie Joffa: The Movie is a 2010 independent Australian buddy movie starring Australia's best known sports fan, Joffa Corfe. The film was financed by Chris Liontos, the Director/ Producer, along with actor Shane McRae, Joffa’s buddy in the movie.- Plot :... |
Chris Liontos | Joffa Corfe Joffa Corfe Jeff "Joffa" Corfe is an Australian rules football supporter best known for being the leader of the Collingwood Football Club cheer squad since 2001... |
Comedy Comedy film Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences... |
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| Oranges and Sunshine Oranges and Sunshine Oranges and Sunshine is a 2010 drama film directed by Jim Loach with screenplay by Rona Munro.-Plot:The film tells the story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham who uncovered the scandal of "home children", a scheme of forcibly relocating poor children from the UK to Australia... |
Jim Loach Jim Loach Jim Loach is an English film director. He is the son of the film director Ken Loach.-Biography:Loach was born in London, and studied philosophy at University College, London, intending to pursue a career in journalism. He joined the BBC where he worked as a researcher for Sue Lawley and Anne... |
Hugo Weaving Hugo Weaving Hugo Wallace Weaving is a Nigerian born, English-Australian film actor and voice artist. He is best known for his roles as Agent Smith in the Matrix trilogy, Elrond in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, "V" in V for Vendetta, and performances in numerous Australian character dramas.-Early... , David Wenham David Wenham David Wenham is an Australian actor who has appeared in movies, television series and theatre productions. He is known in Hollywood for his roles as Faramir in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Carl in Van Helsing and Dilios in 300 and Neil Fletcher in Australia... , Emily Watson Emily Watson Emily Watson is an English actress. She gave an acclaimed debut film performance in Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves.- Early life :... |
Drama Drama film A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women... |
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| Red Hill Red Hill (film) Red Hill is a 2010 Australian thriller film written and directed by Patrick Hughes. The film stars Ryan Kwanten, Steve Bisley and Tom E. Lewis.-Plot:... |
Patrick Hughes Patrick Hughes Patrick Hughes may refer to:* Patrick Hughes , British artist* Patrick Hughes , American author* Patrick Hughes , Irish cricketer... |
Ryan Kwanten Ryan Kwanten Ryan Christian Kwanten is an Australian actor. He played Vinnie Patterson from 1997 to 2002 on the Australian soap-opera Home and Away... , Steve Bisley Steve Bisley Steve Bisley is an Australian film and television actor, who attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art .-Acting career:... , Tom E. Lewis Tom E. Lewis Tom E. Lewis is a Murrungun man , who is an actor and musician. His first major role was the title role in the 1978 Fred Schepisi film The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith.-Early life:He was born and grew up at Ngukurr in South Eastern Arnhem Land... , Claire van der Boom Claire van der Boom Claire van der Boom is a Logie Award winning Australian film and television actress of Dutch ancestry. Internationally, she is best known for her appearance as Stella in the third episode of the HBO miniseries The Pacific, and her recurring role playing the ex-wife of Det... |
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| $quid | Daley Pearson, Luke Tierney | Josh Lawson Josh Lawson Joshua Lawson is an Australian actor. He grew up in Brisbane and attended St. Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace. He graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 2001. He also spent one year studying improvisation techniques in Los Angeles at The Second City, The Groundlings, ACME... , Ed Kavalee Ed Kavalee Edward Robert Kavalee is an Australian actor and radio host. He is currently co-host of a comedy program on the Nine Network, The Joy of Sets, with Tony Martin.... , Christian Clark Christian Clark Christian Clark is an Australian actor. He appeared in the role of Will Griggs in the Network Ten soap opera Neighbours from 2006 to 2007... , Henry Nixon Henry Nixon Henry Nixon is an Australian actor.Henry Nixon was born in the 1970s at St Margaret's Hospital on Crown Street in the inner-Sydney suburb of Surry Hills... , Lauren Lillie, Brooke Sheehan |
Comedy Comedy film Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences... |
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| Summer Coda | Richard Gray | Rachael Taylor Rachael Taylor Rachael Taylor is an Australian actress and model. She made her leading role debut in the short-lived Australian program headLand. She then made the transition to Hollywood, appearing in the films Transformers, Shutter, and Splinterheads.-Personal life:Taylor was born in Launceston, Tasmania, the... , Andy McPhee, Alex Dimitriades Alex Dimitriades Alex Dimitriades is a Greek Australian film and television actor.-Early life:Dimitriades was born in Sydney, the son of first generation Greek immigrants and is the youngest of three siblings . He grew up in the suburb of Earlwood... |
Drama Drama film A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women... |
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| Tomorrow, When the War Began Tomorrow, When the War Began (film) Tomorrow, When the War Began is a 2010 Australian adventure film written and directed by Stuart Beattie and based on the novel of the same name by John Marsden. The film is produced by Andrew Mason and Michael Boughen. The story follows Ellie Linton, one of eight teenagers waging a guerrilla war... |
Stuart Beattie Stuart Beattie Stuart Beattie is an Australian screenwriter and film director. He attended Knox Grammar School, in Sydney, Australia, where his mother, Sandra, was a languages teacher, and later Charles Sturt University in Bathurst.-Filmography:... |
Caitlin Stasey Caitlin Stasey Caitlin Jean Stasey is an Australian actress from Melbourne, who is best known for her previous role as Rachel Kinski in Neighbours. Previously she played Francesca Thomas in The Sleepover Club... , Lincoln Lewis Lincoln Lewis Lincoln Clay Lewis is an Australian actor. He is best known for playing the role of Geoff Campbell in the Australian television series, Home and Away from 2007 to 2010, and Kevin Holmes in the film Tomorrow, When the War Began.... , Rachel Hurd-Wood Rachel Hurd-Wood Rachel Clare Hurd-Wood is an English actress. Her break-out role was as Wendy Darling in the 2003 movie Peter Pan.-Personal life:Rachel Hurd-Wood was born in London, England, the daughter of Philip and Sarah Hurd-Wood... , Chris Pang, Deniz Akdeniz, Andy Ryan Andy Ryan Andy Ryan is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Hamilton Academical, as a striker.-Career:He made his club debut on 23 July 2011 in the semi-final of the Scottish Challenge Cup, before making his Scottish Football League debut one week later.-Career statistics:... , Phoebe Tonkin Phoebe Tonkin Phoebe Jane Elizabeth Tonkin is an Australian actress and model. She is best known for portraying Cleo Sertori in H2O: Just Add Water and Fiona Maxwell in Tomorrow, When the War Began... , Ashleigh Cummings |
War War film War films are a film genre concerned with warfare, usually about naval, air or land battles, sometimes focusing instead on prisoners of war, covert operations, military training or other related subjects. At times war films focus on daily military or civilian life in wartime without depicting battles... |
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| Road Train Road Train (film) Road Train is an Australian horror film, known as Road Kill in the U.S., directed by Dean Francis and written by Clive Hopkins. It stars Xavier Samuel, Bob Morley, Georgina Haig and Sophie Lowe.- Plot :... |
Dean Francis | Xavier Samuel Xavier Samuel Xavier Samuel is an Australian actor. He has appeared in leading roles in the feature films September, Further We Search, and Newcastle, and played Riley Biers in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, the third movie in Stephenie Meyer's The Twilight Saga film series.-Early life and education:Samuel was... , Bob Morley Bob Morley Robert "Bobby" Morley is an Australian actor.-Early life:Morley is the son of a Filipino mother and an Australian-Irish father, who died when he was young. Morley has two sisters and one brother, he is the youngest child. Morley grew up on a farm in Kyneton, a small country town in Victoria... , Sophie Lowe Sophie Lowe Sophie Lowe is an actress who was born in England and migrated to Australia.-Life and career:Lowe was born in Halifax, Yorkshire, England and moved to Australia with her family in 2000. In her early teens she signed to Chadwick Models but quit modelling in favor of dancing. Lowe attended the... , Georgina Haig |
Horror Horror film Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres... |
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| Then She Was Gone | Burleigh Smith Burleigh Smith Burleigh Smith is an Australian screenwriter, film director and actor. His films centre on relationships between men and women and often emphasise dry wit and desperate characters... |
Burleigh Smith Burleigh Smith Burleigh Smith is an Australian screenwriter, film director and actor. His films centre on relationships between men and women and often emphasise dry wit and desperate characters... , Sarah Louella |
Comedy Comedy Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in... , Drama Drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a... |
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| Wog Boy 2: The Kings of Mykonos | Nick Giannopoulos Nick Giannopoulos Nick Giannopoulos is a Australian stand-up comedian, film and TV actor. He is best known for his comedy stage show Wogs Out of Work alongside George Kapiniaris and the television sitcom Acropolis Now and is an exponent of wog comedy.-Early life:Nick is an actor/writer/producer/director... |
Vince Colosimo Vince Colosimo Vincenzo Colosimo is an Australian AFI Award winning stage, television and screen actor. He has worked in both Australia and the United States.-Personal life:... , Zeta Makripoulia Zeta Makripoulia Zeta Makrypoulia is a Greek actress, model and television presenter.-Career:Makrypoulia graduated from Vasilis Diamantopoulos' Drama School, while she has also attended acting classes at Theatro ton Allagon... , Costas Kilias Costas Kilias Costantinos "Costas" Kilias is a Greek-Australian barrister and actor. Kilias is best known for his role as "Tony the Yugoslav" in The Wog Boy and Wog Boy 2: Kings of Mykonos, as well as his role in The Castle... , Alex Dimitriades Alex Dimitriades Alex Dimitriades is a Greek Australian film and television actor.-Early life:Dimitriades was born in Sydney, the son of first generation Greek immigrants and is the youngest of three siblings . He grew up in the suburb of Earlwood... , Kevin Sorbo Kevin Sorbo Kevin David Sorbo is an American actor best known for the roles of Hercules in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Captain Dylan Hunt in Andromeda and Kull in Kull the Conqueror.-Early life:... |
Comedy Comedy film Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences... |
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